(Lani) Becker said the animal chased her at least 100 yards, onto a neighbor's porch. No one answered the door and the otter continued to attack until she winged it with a doormat. "I was terrified," Becker said. "I had been bit and it just kept coming. You have a creature that's crazy, chasing you. There's very little you can do."

(Anita) Stafford was assaulted on the golf course. "There's a pond on that hole — it's a short par 3," Stafford said. "(The otter) was on the grass. He or she was just staring at me. "All of a sudden he charged me and bit my ankle," she said. "There are three punctures."

When the otters come, there will be no stopping them. No mercy, no compassion, no release: Just wanton destruction. We hope humanity enjoyed its brief reign.